Tory's visit with "THE MAN" Danny Lee
Well, I got back in around midnight last night after spending 2 days with the guy I have been trying for over four years now to track down. Well, I finally met him and am still on a high I doubt I'll...
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Absolutely brilliant Tory, very impressed mate !! Perhaps we could archive that info ? Would that be ok with you if the other guys are happy ?Perhaps we could update the descriptions of the movie cars...
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Gareth and I are currently working to document all of this info including the rare pics I have collected over the years. Danny was shocked that any of the cars still existed today. He was even more...
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Tory ! Fantastic, even I have chills !This is great work ! My second set of pedals, second clutch arm and sterring sprocket all make perfect sense now ! My hat is off to you !ATTACHMENT part 2...
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It was my pleasure gentleman...I considered it truly an honor to be able meet and interview Danny. You were all with me in spirit. Oh yeah! I almost forgot. I framed one of Doc's famous 8x10's of #2...
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You get a 10 out of 10 on this one my man! That's cool info. Maybe my car was the car on the dvd with the camera sticking out of the back window????Got Fahrvergnugen?"Well. It took a crowd to do it,...
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Paul, the Golden Gate bridge car was done by welding brackets and bars under the car and using what Danny called gimble type effects. This is where they simply shook and rocked the bars out of the...
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Al's car has holes for the rollbar in the rear 1/4 panels, I can personally testify to that.Fabulous news, Tory! Truly exciting to be a Herbie fan at this moment! And AWESOME that you gave him that...
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I did ask him about that and that didn't ring any bells for him. He did tell me that the still on the bonus dvd of the backseat driver with the huge contraption where the pass seat should go was from...
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That explains why the car is dead silent in that scene.Hey Tory, cool beans! Did he remember the EMPI connection?DocThe VW bug -- nobody can own just one.
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Surprisingly enough, Doc, he didn't. I even mentioned Chuck's name-EMPI, Econo, Riverside, and none of it rang a bell. He did say that the stunt driver's are the one's who basically ordered everything...
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Don't ya hate it when things don't add up? DanBut the other people, they don't tell no other people, cause the other people would say "ay-hey, ay-hey, AY-HEY!"
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Really. It should have been CAKE to get dozens of 1958-1963 ragtops in 1968.I've been to the Palce and they are open to the idea of displaying my car in the dining room when it's done.Kyle &...
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Well, that certainly made for an interesting read. I'd like to see if we could put a lot of this information in article format for use on the web page. Flat 4's Forever!
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Feel free to use that info for anything for the website. It's really the tip of the ice berg. I got a 2 day crash course in special effects and alot of the same concepts work for different movies, so...
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It would have been easy to find cars back then, but keep in mind used VWs sold for almost as much as new ones back then, and budgets for movies weren't like they are today.Well we know the EMPI...
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I was looking at the picture of the car with the rear window out and a camera sticking through it. From the looks of it, even though not very visible it looks like there is no back pannel on the...
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Hmm, do those taillights look a little uneven to you. I'm pretty sure there's another picture of this car w/ the camera taken from the rear/side too...Dan But the other people, they don't tell no...
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